Finding aid for the Paul Murray Kendall papers
Title:
Paul Murray Kendall papers
Repository:
Ohio University
Phone: 740-593-2710
http://www.ohio.edu/library/collections/archives-special-collections/
Creator:
Kendall, Paul Murray.
Dates:
1950-1970
Quantity:
17.5 cubic feet (29 Hollinger boxes, 3 record center cartons)
Abstract:
 The Paul Murray Kendall (PMK) papers from the 1950s to 1970 and document PMK's literary career.
Identification:
UA00254
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Paul Murray Kendall

Paul Murray Kendall (PMK) was an American academic and historian. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PMK received an A.B. and an A.M. from the University of Virginia (UV). In 1937, while studying for a Ph.D. from UV, PMK was an English instructor at Ohio University (OU). His focus was Renaissance and Shakespeare. He was appointed Distinguished Professor of English in 1959, one of the first three academics at OU to receive this honor. In 1970 Kendall retired from OU to become head of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Kansas.

PMK published many scholarly articles, plays and novels. In 1950 PMK was awarded a Marburgh Prize from The Johns Hopkins University for a three-act play The Ant Village. In 1952 he was awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship which assisted him in completing his best known work Richard III. Other works include: Warwick the Kingmaker, History of Land Warfare, The Yorkist Age, King Louis XIV and My Brother Chilperic.

Scope and Content

The Paul Murray Kendall (PMK) papers from the 1950s to 1970s and document PMK's literary career. The collection is organized into six series: 1. Book Manuscripts; 2. Magazine Articles; 3. Plays; 4. Letters and Correspondence; 5. Newspaper Clippings; and 6. Notes.

Statement of Arrangement

Organized into six series: 1. Book Manuscripts; 2. Magazine Articles; 3. Plays; 4. Letters and Correspondence; 5. Newspaper Clippings; and 6. Notes.

Subject Terms

The following terms have been used to describe this collection.

Subjects:

Historians.

Persons:

Kendall, Paul Murray.

Preferred Citation

Researchers are requested to cite collection name, collection number, and Ohio University, Athens, Ohio in all footnotes and bibliographical references.

Series Descriptions



1. Book Manuscripts, 1950s-1970

Scope and Content
Series 1. Book Manuscripts contains manuscripts, typescripts and galleys of monographs written by Paul Murray Kendall. Titles represented include Richard III, Warrick the Kingmaker, The Yorkist Age, The Great Debate, The Art of Biography, Louis XI: The Universal Spider, and Dispatches With Related Documents of Milanese Ambassadors in France and Burgundy, 1450-1483.


Organized chronologically.


2. Magazine Articles, 1965-1970

Scope and Content
Series 2. Magazine Articles contains typescripts and galleys of articles written by Paul Murray Kendall for Observer Magazine and National Geographic.


Organized chronologically.


3. Plays, Circa 1950

Scope and Content
Series 3. Plays contains typescripts, playbills, photographs and newspaper clippings for Paul Murray Kendall's play The Ant Village.


This series remains in its original arrangement.


4. Letters and Correspondence, 1956-1970

Scope and Content
Series 4. Letters and Correspondence contains all correspondence to and from Paul Murray Kendall.


This series remains in its original arrangement.


5. Newspaper Clippings, 1955-1962

Scope and Content
Series 5. Newspaper Clippings contains clippings of book reviews of Paul Murray Kendall's monographs.


This series remains in its original arrangement.


6. Notes, 1960s

Scope and Content
Series 6. Notes contains bibliographies, source material notes, historical research, maps, illustrations and a magnetic tape of research for Louis XI: The Universal Spider, and Dispatches with Related Documents of Milanese Ambassadors in France and Burgundy, 1450-1483.


This series remains in its original arrangement.